Environmentalists welcome the input of ‘rights of nature’ movement in Glasgow
‘Rights of nature legislation could soon see communities bringing legal actions against polluters’
‘Rights of nature legislation could soon see communities bringing legal actions against polluters’
In Russia, Colombia and the UK, continuing demand for coal is hurting individuals and communities
Thousands of trade unionists around the world have lost their lives standing up for workers’ rights and social justice
There is an interesting story in today’s Independent, flagged in Left Foot Forward’s Politics Summary, which reports that a group of government-appointed drug experts are to call for a nationwide network of “shooting galleries” to provide injectable heroin for drug addicts following successful trials. The current Government is on record many times insisting that their policies will be based as far as possible on evidence. In the area of drugs policy, however, there have been two recent occasions when the government has gone against their own advisory body.